Mental Health Evaluations

Mental Health/Psychological Evaluations for Bariatric Surgery & Immigration Cases. 

Bariatric Surgery

A bariatric surgery evaluation helps ensure that clients are emotionally and psychologically prepared for weight-loss surgery and the lifestyle changes that follow. During this comprehensive assessment, a licensed mental health professional explores your motivation, coping skills, eating behaviors, medical history, and support systems. The goal is not to “pass or fail,” but to provide guidance, support, and recommendations to help you succeed before and after surgery—both physically and emotionally. 

Immigration Cases

Having the support of a mental health/psychological evaluation in immigration cases can often help create a fuller and more comprehensive picture.  These evaluations support attorney's case and can be a crucial piece for supportive evidence for the courts. We support VAWA, Hardship, U-Visa, and Asylum Cases.

Examples of how some of the evaluations are tailored to fit the particular needs of each case:

• Asylum Cases – Explaining psychological reasons why a client missed the one-year filing deadline; and detailing how PTSD symptoms provide evidence of the persecution they suffered. 

• Extreme Hardship Cases – Identifying unique factors contributing to a client’s psychological distress such as: illness; disability; professional, financial, or academic hardship; or adverse home-country conditions that would affect the petitioner or their family members. 

• VAWA Cases – Detailing the client’s psychological symptoms which are common for domestic violence victims; assessing credibility; and where useful, explaining less common phenomena such as ways in which men are abused by female partners. 

If you are interested in this service, please reach out to us directly to discuss your specific needs.